Hellenic Air Force F-4E Phantom Engine Start Up and Take Off in Andravida Airbase. The Phantom belonged to 339 Squadron which was suspended at 31 of October 2017.
Back in the 70’s I would spend time at my uncle’s house in Ft Smith, AR. They lived near Ft Chaffee and I can vividly remember the crazy loud roar of the F4 screaming into the air under full afterburner! It was amazing! Still get chills just thinking about it.
To anyone wondering what that small cart is that fires up: that's a start cart, since these jets weren't equipped with auxiliary power units (APUs), they required an external power source to do checks and start the plane.
There's a compressed-air turbine that starts the engine. The compressor unit was known as a "wolf." In an emergency, there was provision for a "cartridge start," using a pyrotechnic charge about the size of a 5-pound coffee can; but in four years and nearly 1,000 hours flight time, I never used one.
In RCAF all external starters are called "Huffers". Usually it's a turbine APU cart. Occasionally it's a young airman fresh out of training we like to prank by asking them to blow really hard into an APU feed hose into the jet until they turn blue and keel over. Always fun to watch the new airmen keel over from flutily starting a jet with their overworked lungs.
When I worked for Integrated Airline Services as a ramp agent at KIAH, we used them to start up some of our clients aircraft (such as BAX Global's DC-8-61). Was always cool in cranking it up and seeing sparks of flame shooting out of the exhaust toward the top.
When I was young in the 80’s, we were swimming at the seas of Mani and I remember very well the Greek pilots flying these f4s... at least 10 seconds before our eyes could see them, we heard this unbelievable noise coming. It was like an earthquake of 12 richter... very frightening!
Such a beautiful jet aircraft. I grew up with the teen series of fighters so the F-4 didn't really grow on me until much later. All things considered, think I have more of an appreciation for this fighter than all others.
I don't know why the U.S. military thought it had to retire all of it's Phantoms. They would've worked great for most all of the missions required of it to the present day, i.e. Iraq and Afghanistan.
It's actually debated how capable of a modern platform the F4 could be with the US simply because of it's fantastic carrying capacity, lower cost/less complicated to maintain, and has been proven to be highly adaptable with modern technologies. Other countries still update their phantoms to this day. The fact is with the newer strategies centered around autonomous weapons systems and platforms and needing capable launch vehicles - a modernized F4 phantom would be a great piloted missile or drone boat with great speed that could have its weapons guided by an F35 or other modern fighter. Ultimately for the US it's probably a matter more weighed in from politics and the MIC.
I was in kefalonia (a greek island) and 2 of these flew right over us in a formation. Never seem them before IRL so was really nice to see them. Beautiful aircraft
I grew up in Birmingham Alabama in the 80s and 90s we had a very active squadron of the long nose recon phantoms at our air nation guard. When 4 of them would fly very low over our house it would rattle the windows. I still miss them. They were called up and served very distinctly in the gulf war snd we were all very proud. The wing was retired in the mud 90s and replaced by Kc135s, lame.
Καλές Πτήσεις να έχετε!!! Μεγάλωσα στην Διασπορά της 117 Π.Μ. Υπηρετούσε ο Πατέρας μου στην ΜΣΒ, από το 1981 έως το 1990!!! Ακόμη θυμάμαι τα γεγονότα του 1987... Αθάνατα εργαλεία!!! Μαζί με τα Corsairs A7!!! Ο Θεός και η Παναγία να προστατεύει πάντοτε τα Παλληκάρια μας!!! Τους Ικαρους μας!!!🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 "Οι Ουρανοί είναι δικοί μας"!!!
Γιατι στο πρωτο αεροπλανο 16:24 η θυριδα του πολυβολου ειναι κλειστη; ωραιο ωιντεο για καταλαβουμε ποσο σημαντικη και υπευθυνη δουλεια ειναι αυτη των μηχανικων.
I know this is not an emergency scramble but dam it takes long to get moving...........imagine if they were "on ready 5" and doing an intercept - the enemy would have been back at base drinking a beer !
Ah the F-4 Phantom II, proof that with enough brute force engine power even a brick will fly. I didn't think that there would be any still flying in military service today.
I believe Iran is still flying lots of them..as well as many other older gen jets..from F-5's, to F-4's..And fun fact, they're also the only nation that still has the venerable & much beloved, US-made, F-14A Tomcats still serviceable & flying (largely thanks to them getting modern Russian help & support to update their weapons & systems).. anywhere in the world, much less still doing so in active military service. Cheers.
Mi dispiace che non siano operativi, ma finalizzati a dimostrazioni per far godere i spettatori. In Vietnam erano la punta di diamante nel contrastare i Mig sovietici
First engine starts at 6:22 Rolling at 14:55 1st Phantom takes off at 18:19 2nd Phantom takes off at 18:49 Thanks for posting but it really should be much shorter.
It's even more fun when I understand the process but have no clue how this Phantom got started. This is a video that describes starting a jet. it is not a video that makes any sense.
Πόσο καταπληκτικο αεροπλάνο που αν το 1974 οι φίλοι μας οι Αμερικανοί μας άφηναν να πάνε Κύπρο στην εισβολή θα τους είχαμε εξαΰλωσει τους Μογγολους και η ιστορία θα ήταν διαφορετικη σε πολλά πράγματα δυστυχώς αν μας αφήνανε θα μιλούσαμε αλλιώς το F35 της εποχής του ήταν
Που βόσκανε ο υπόλογος και ο βοηθός του στην αρχή; Να βγάζει ο χειριστής μόνος του ασφάλειες και καπάκια!!! Ε ρε και να τύχαινε καμία τέτοια φάση σε μας ακόμα θα υπηρετούσαμε... χαχαχαχα
1) Δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση να υπάρχει αεροσκάφος έτοιμο για πτήση και οι υπολογοι να τα ξύνουν!! Μηπως τους είχαν χωσει και κάπου αλλού;; σπάνιο βλέπεις για την Π.Α αυτο... Και 2) ο ιπτάμενος αν ζοριζοταν να βγάλει μερικά RBF κατά την επιθεώρηση του αεροσκάφους και το καπάκι προστασίας του κινητήρα από τους αεραγωγούς, ας μην το έκανε! Ήταν πολύ άσχημη η συμπεριφορά του να τα πετάει κάτω με τέτοιον τρόπο, λες και οι υπολογοι είναι τα δουλακια του που θα πρέπει να τα μάζεψουν μετά από εκεί που τα σκόρπισε. Ευτυχώς που οι περισσότεροι ιπτάμενοι δεν μας έχουν συνηθίσει με τέτοιες συμπεριφορές.
@@Stelaras79 Το 1983 στην 337 αυτά που γράφεις δεν τα σκεφτόσουνα καν. Την μόνη ασφάλεια που έβγαζαν οι πιλότοι ήταν στο αλεξίπτωτο ουράς.Οι ασφάλειες των όπλων βγαίναν τελευταίες στο δάπεδο μπροστά από τον διάδρομο απογείωσης . Η 338 και 339 δεν έκαναν αναχαιτίσεις τότε και τα αεροπλάνα τους είχαν βαφή παραλλαγής εδάφους επιπλέον οι κινητήρες τους αφήναν μαύρο καπνό πίσω τους (καρβουνιάρηδες τους λέγανε).
@@kxptr υπήρχαν και κινητήρες J79 non smoke έκδοση , οπου δεν εβγαζαν το ντουμανι το οποιο γινοταν διακριτό απο 25 μιλια αποσταση. J79 φορουσαν επισης και τα f-104 αστρομαχητες.
@@Stelaras79 Σωστά, τότε μόνο η 337 (ΜΑΠΚ η ΜΠΚ) και τα RF είχαν non smoke κινητήρες. Στο βίντεο πάντως είναι πολύ χαλαροί. Το έκανα αυτό σχεδόν ένα χρόνο, όταν το αεροπλάνο πετούσε, ο προϊστάμενος σε έβαζε να κόβεις τα χόρτα γύρω από το δάπεδο και στα αναχώματα.
Ah, The F-4 Phantom. Living proof that with enough thrust even a brick can fly. Great airplane though. Aero quick quiz: why so much anhedral in the stabilators?
People always say that about the Phantom, but the Phantom is no different than any other similar plane in that respect; it has a high wing loading and powerful engines.
